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The Costume Technician's Handbook: A Complete Guide for Amateur and Professional Costume Technicians

This handbook is a guide to developing stage costumes that are personally distinctive and artistically expressive. Features include: health and safety practices in the costume shop; chapters on pattern drafting and sewing operations; and an expanded section on alterations.

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The costume designer's handbook: a complete guide for amateur and professional costume designers

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The Costumer's Handbook (1980), the bible of theatrical costumers, has been out of print for a while. It is resurrected here in a much expanded version as two essential reference/hand/text books, one ...Read full review

About the author (1992)

Rosemary Ingham is a costume designer and writer. Her design work has been seen at regional theatres across the country for more than three decades.

Liz Covey is a freelance costume designer whose work has been seen in England's and America's leading theatres. She has taught at Barnard College, Columbia University, Marymount Manhattan College, and Bennington College.

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The Costume Technician's Handbook: A Complete Guide for Amateur and Professional Costume Technicians